Defenition of the word break off
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Defenition of the word break off
- To prevent completion (e.g. of a project, of negotiations, etc.).
- prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break the silence"
- break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree"
- break off; of a piece from a whole; "Her tooth chipped"
- break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"
- interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"
- prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negociations"
- break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"
- prevent completion
- interrupt before its natural or planned end
- break a small piece off from
- break off (a piece from a whole)
- break a piece from a whole
Synonyms for the word break off
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- break
- break away
- break short
- chip
- chip off
- come off
- cut off
- cut short
- discontinue
- knap
- snap off
- stop
Similar words in the break off
Hyponyms for the word break off
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- bog
- bog down
- break up
- cut off
- disrupt
- exfoliate
- flake
- flake off
- fracture
- hang up
- interrupt
- peel
- peel off
Hypernyms for the word break off
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- break
- cut
- detach
- divide
- end
- interrupt
- part
- separate
- terminate
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